Shipped from foster home to foster home, frequently betrayed, and having "never had a dad that I could call Daddy", it's no wonder Kadie (aka Goldilocks) has trust issues. The only thing she's sure of in this world is music - listening to it, and creating it. It's the "only thing that keeps my head straight." To protect herself, she's set out three rules: "1. Don't count on anyone. 2. Act. Always act. 3. Be prepared to lose everything." Constantly in trouble at school, though told she has potential, Kadie bonds with a boy called Lips, aka Dayan, the name he reserves for use by special people, of which Kadie is one. Dayan records with his AMD mandem (Amalgamandem) and she's happy to be invited to hang out with them, while remaining ever-mindful of the fickleness of group dynamics: "one day you're in the group, the next you're invisible." But, just as things start to take an upturn, everything explodes in the aftermath of hideous online trolling and trouble with her foster sister.